before i start.. One quick plug for these very wonderful austrian cold frames that diane has. We now have 4 of them.. they open and close automatically in response to the temperature. They work so well that we’ve already been harvestign lettiuce, spinach and parsley that grew through the winter !
After work diane, tim , jen an di all jumped in debs car and we headed north. Hannah’s apartment is open this weekend and we decided to have a night on the town
We got to the appartment in about an hour and a hlaf.. TIme and jen had never been here so Deb showed them around the neighborhood.
We headed out to the Marche Atwater to get a snack
After a snack.. we walked around looking at the city.. interestign public art
we headed towards an irish bar.. grabbed dinner and waited for the band.. they were pretty good !
My friend, mentor and hero , Nick D was in town today to give a talk at UVM about his book “If nothing Changes” . Nick always quotes his Italiean father who said “If nothing changes, nothing changes”>>
Nick is a long time friend from IBM. I’ve known him for more than 30 years… He was once the site manager of our facility here in Vermont. He rose to being a Senior VP at IBM, the number 2 guy in IBM and leader of the 100K person technical community. He was essentially the godfather of all the technical leaders in IBM. I work with Nick pretty regularly as part of the National Academy of Engineering .. he acts as the de facto head of the IBM diaspora members of the NAE… .. Her’s also been a good mentor and freind.. I remember one time in 2009 , I was in NYC with Gabe at a snowboarding event. Nick called to encourage me to do the reality show… .. He’s been there for me and for so many other in the IBM community.
So.. when I say I was exctied to see him.. it’s a rteal understatement 🙂 I’ve seen Nick speak 100’s of times all over the world.. and it always feels fresh new and authentic.. todays talk was just that way. the packed audience of UVM students and faculty got a rare treat to see Nick speak.. he’s a great story teller.. ..
Fterwards, A bunch of us went out to eat at Waterworks in winooski. It’s where Diane and I had our rehearsa;l dinner. Nick’s son Mike was there too. Mike is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of VT.. We’d never met, but it was amazing how many people we both new.. Classic VT small world story. I really enjoyed gettign to know him
It was a fun croud with folks from UVM and Global FGOundaries.. Many freinds havign a good time over good food..
I guess if nothing changes……. it can soemtimes be a good thing 🙂
